What could the "flying saucer"-shaped object located on a mountaintop in Southern CA be?

[jarlrmai]

My thought was maybe a trail running event and the gazebo was for drinks/rest/officials.

 

[jarlrmai]

Hmm the date puts it during covid though.

 

[Matt33]

One thing I learned while searching for UFOs on Minefee trails is that Google Earth projects lines, paths and circles into Street View images. That was new to me.

 

[jarlrmai]

One thing I learned while searching for UFOs on Minefee trails is that Google Earth projects lines, paths and circles into Street View images. That was new to me.

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Yeah I think there is a distance limit though which is annoying

 

[Minus0]

The Menifee "Cross Hike" trail is a popular and accessible thing to do - there's lots of drone/gopro footage online. The summit is the big white cross in post #21 which is now larger and made of metal.

The "Gazebo UFO" is a little below that summit, and I wonder (if it wasn't shade for landscape workers) if it was there as a rest stop for a group hike.

The silhouette of the hill in the second video looks much smoother than the Menifee hill to my eye. There are many bushes and rock outcroppings along the cross hike trail. I don't see that in the second video.

Also I also checked street view in Menifee and didn't see a spot for the second video. Not ruling it out, but nothing I found would align with it being the same object.

 

[Ann K]

The silhouette of the hill in the second video looks much smoother than the Menifee hill to my eye. There are many bushes and rock outcroppings along the cross hike trail. I don't see that in the second video.

There are, however, similarities in the presentation. Nobody in either video shows alarm or alerts authorities, but the general atmosphere is one of amusement or delight.

 

[jdog]

There are, however, similarities in the presentation. Nobody in either video shows alarm or alerts authorities, but the general atmosphere is one of amusement or delight.

Or goes closer to take a look.

 

[Giddierone]

Hmm the date puts it during covid though.

The trails were open by Sept 2020. Although there are no advertised events I could find.

found another highly similar case from the following year, and I'm not sure if it was a copycat or just a coincidence. Since the video was merely a repost, I haven't been able to find the original source or the location featured in it—perhaps it was also in California?

This poster is in Mexico and has a number of UFO sightings on his various social media profiles. Lots of hoaxes and including several with a very similar object. So, not sure this is related to the OP.

 

[JMartJr]

So, not sure this is related to the OP.

Other than similar looking images MAY show similar things, solving one might aid in solving another.